Can our dream house complete us? Georgia Poet Laureate Chelsea Rathburn asks — and answers — this question in her fourth poetry collection, Broken Houses. Rathburn, who says she “grew up in a family where houses were always more than physical structures,” has penned a memoir in verse questioning the validity and security of home. …
The first poem of the Stevie Nicks poetry collection, White Winged Doves — titled “Melodia Maleficarum” (The Song of Witches) by Shylah Addante — includes the lines: “What is a spell, if not a song that lingers? / What is a prophecy, if not a chorus that returns? / What is a witch, if not…
Restaurants have secrets. Small towns have secrets. Add sugar, butter and flour and you end up with Waitress The Musical, a Tony-nominated production written by Jesse Nelson, with music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles and based on the 2007 independent film written and directed by Adrienne Shelly. On stage at Aurora Theatre through June 15…
Swallow this book down — it’ll feel so good swimming in your stomach. :: A conversation with Megan Volpert opened with a declaration that she loves Buddhism and witchcraft — two practices she says have kept her looking young and relate, if indirectly, to her writing. The Decatur resident’s latest book, Why Alanis Morissette Matters,…
The Atlanta theater scene is already up and running for 2025 — see Luke Evans’ recent review of Love’s Labour’s Lost and Benji Carr’s review of Leave Your Fears Here — and many more exciting things are to come in the next several months. Here’s a short list of things I’m looking forward to right…
In partnership with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, ArtsATL has identified members of the Atlanta arts community whose work goes beyond the personal to make a broader impact in their community. We’ll bring you their stories all week. :: Heidi Howard never planned to have a career in theater. Though she took drama classes with a friend…
The set of Synchronicity Theatre’s A Year with Frog and Toad, on stage through December 29, transports the audience from midtown Atlanta to a magical forest. Built by designer Ryan Bradburn and artist Stefnie Cerny, with lighting by Tom Priester, its whimsy is made up of tall trees, colorful flowers and, of course, the cozy…
The political landscape isn’t all doom and gloom — it’s also laughs and eyerolls in this pre-election parody. :: A week before the staging of Les MisAmerica — a political comedy based on Les Misérables but set in the United States and less serious — a handful of cast members met at Village Music in…
Prioritizing quality over quantity, this schedule of five feature films is handpicked by local Greek women. :: In 2006, the Atlanta chapter of Lykeion ton Ellinidon (Lyceum Club of Greek Women) partnered with the Georgia Tech Hellenic Society for a screening of the Greek film A Touch of Spice at Garden Hills Theater. The screening…
At 6 p.m. on a recent Wednesday evening, two co-hosts welcomed visitors to an Ansley Park home for an unusual yet purposeful party. So began another of Out of Hand’s Equitable Dinners, the theater series “in the wild” with a mission for social justice. The night would feature Dear American Women, a play focused on…
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